Abdalonymus

Abdalonymus
Purported depiction of Abdalonymous on the Alexander Sarcophagus.
Reignc. 332 BC – c. 329 BC
PredecessorAbdashtart II
Successor?
Phoenician language𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤍𐤉𐤌‎
ReligionCanaanite polytheism

Abdalonymus (Greek: Ἀβδαλώνιμος; Phoenician: 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤍𐤌, romanized: ʿAbd-ʾĪlōnīm, lit. 'Servant of the highest gods') was a Phoenician botanist and gardener of royal descent, who became King of Sidon under Alexander the Great in 332 BC.

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